This chronology was taken from Wikipedia, and is viewable here.
This chronology uses the Civilized Chronology, with the traditional dates in parentheses.
-Timothy Comeau, January 2005
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Synoikismos of Athens, people of Attica were willing to transfer their allegiance to one city, Athens, because of Theseus
office of Archon established King was emasculated
Cylon, Athenian noble, seizes Acropolis and tries to make himself king, fails
Draco, Athenian lawgiver, issues code of laws where everything is punishable by death – Draconian
Solon, Athenian statesman, becomes Archon, captures Salamis from Megarians, establishes Timocracy, rule by the richest, constitutional reforms, more vote and trade, abolishes slavery, Know Thyself
Sappho, Greek poetess and priestess, flourishes on island of Lesbos
Pisistratus, Athenian general, organizes Diakrioi, party of poor people
Pisistratus takes power first time, driven out by Lycurgus who leads nobles
Pisistratus restored by help of Megacles
Pisistratus expelled, makes fortune from Thracian mines
Croesus, rich king of Lydia, killed at Sardis by Persians
Pisistratus restored by Thessaly and Lygdamos of Naxos
Pisistratus dies, succeeded by sons Hippias and Hipparchus
Persian Darius I, son-in-law of Cyrus the Great takes Egypt
Cleisthenes, Greek reformer, takes power, increases democracy
Themistocles and Miltiades, Athenians, defeat Darius at Marathon, Phidippides runs with news
Aeschylus, Athenian playwright, wins Athenian Prize
Leonidas, Spartan, makes sacrifice of 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae so main force can escape, Xerxes son of Darius is leading the Persians
Simultaenous with Thermopylae, the Greeks and Persians fight to a draw in the naval Battle of Artemisium
Battle of Salamis - Themistocles, Athenian general, lures Persians into Bay of Salamis, Xerxes loses and goes home, leaves behind Mardonius
Pausanias, Greek general routs Mardonius at the Battle of Plataea
Battle of Mycale frees Greek colonies in Asia. After the Battle of Salamis, Athens set up the Delian League, treasury on island of Delos, a confederacy of cities around the Aegean. It was intended as a military defense association against Persia but was turned into an empire, collecting tribute and deciding policy of its associates. Sparta formed rival Peloponnesian League
Cimon elected general each year, he was victorious over Persia and then enforced military power on Delian League
Pindar, Greek poet moves to Thebes from court at Syracuse
Themistocles ostracized
Socrates born
Sophocles, Greek playwright, defeats Aeschylus for Athenian Prize
Cimon ostracized
Pericles, Athenian statesman begins Golden Age, he was taught by Anaxagoras, who believed in dualistic Universe and atoms
Aeschylus dies
Herodotus, Greek Historian, writes History of Greco-Persian War from 490-479
Ictinus and Callicrates, Greek architects rebuild Acropolis from Persain destruction
Euripides, Greek playwright, wins Athenian prize
Heraclitus, Greek philosopher, believes everything is mutable
Phidias, Greek sculptor, completes Zeus at Elis 1 of 7 wonders
Corinth, Sparta, Megara and Aegina ally against Corfu, Athens, Rhegium, and Leontini
End of Golden Age, Peloponnesian Wars begin Athens under Pericles blockades Potidaea (Battle of Potidaea BC), Corfu declares war on Corinth (Battle of Sybota BC)
Sparta led by Archidamus II sets out to destroy Athens thus starting the Peloponnesian War
Empedocles, Greek doctor, believes body has 4 humors
Failed peace mission by Athens, bubonic plague year, Sparta takes no prisoners
Leucippus, Greek philosopher, believes every natural event has natural cause. Athenian Plague Appears in Athens.
Phormio, Atheinian admiral, wins the Battle of Chalcis
Pericles dies of Athenian Plague, possibly typhus or bubonic plague
Hippocrates, Greek doctor, believes diseases have physical cause
Mitylene rebels, chief city of Lesbos
Archidamus II dies, Alcidas, Greek admiral sent to help Lesbos, raids Ionia and flees after seeing Athenian might Athenian Plague returns
Mitylene surrenders to Athens, Plataeans surrender to Athens
Aristophanes, Greek playwright, wins Athenian Prize
Corfu secures island for Athens
Demosthenes, Athenian general, and Cleon, Athenian demagogue, revitalizes Athenian forces, makes bold plans opposed by Nicias, his first military campaign barely succeeds
Athenian fleet bottles up Spartan navy at Navarino Bay, Nicias resigns
Syracuse sends Athenians home
Pagondas of Thebes crushes Athenian army at the Battle of Delium, Brasidas a Spartan general makes a successful campaign, Cleon exiles Thucydides for 20 years for arriving late
Truce of Laches supposed to stop Brasidas but doesn't, Nicias leads Athenian forces in retaking Mende
Cleon meets Brasidas outside of Amphipolis, both are killed (Battle of Amphipolis BC)
Peace of Nicias brings temporary end to war, but Alcibiades, a nephew of Pericles, makes anti-Sparta alliance
Quadruple alliance of Athens, Argos, Mantinea, and Elis confronts Spartan-Boeotian alliance
King Agis, ruler of Sparta, attacks Argos, makes treaty
Battle of Mantinea, greatest land battle of war, gives
Sparta victory over Argos, which broke treaty, Alcibiades thrown out, alliance broken
Alcibiades makes plans, is restored to power
Hermai are mutilated in Athens, Alcibiades accused, asks for inquiry, told to set sail for battle (Sicilian Expedition BC), is condemned to death in absentia, he defects to Sparta
Lemachus, Athenian commander killed at Syracuse
Nicias and Demosthenes killed at Syracuse
Alcibiades is thrown out of Sparta, conspires to come back to Athens
Democracy ends in Athens by Antiphon, Peisander, and Phrynichus, overthrown by Theramenes, Constitution of the 5000, Athenian navy recalls Alcibiades, confirmed by Athenians
After several successes, Athenian demagogue Cleophon rejects Sparta peace overtures
Byzantium recaptured by Alcibiades for Athens
Alcibiades reenters Athens in triumph, Lysander, a Spartan commander, builds fleet at Ephesus
Lysander begins destruction of Athenian fleet, Alcibiades stripped of power
Callicratides, Spartan naval leader, loses Battle of Arginusae over blockade of Mitylene harbor, Sparta sues for peace, rejected by Cleophon
Lysander captures Athenian fleet, Spartan king Pausanius lays siege to Athens, Cleophon executed, Corinth and Thebes demand destruction of Athens
Athens capitulates Apr 25 Theramenes secures terms, prevents total destruction of Athens, Theramenes and Alcibiades are killed
Thucydides, Greek historian, leaves account of Golden Age and Peloponnesian War at his death (History of the Peloponnesian War BC)
Socrates, Greek philosopher, condemned to death for corrupting youth
Plato, Greek philosopher, founds Academy
Aristotle, Greek philosopher, begins teaching Alexander, son of Philip of Macedon
Philip of Macedon defeats Athens and Thebes in last struggle for Greek Independence at Chaeronea Aug 2
Alexander succeeds father, who was assassinated at the wedding feast of his daughter
Alexander defeats Persians at Battle of Issus, Oct, but Darius III escapes
Alexander conquers Egypt
At Battle of Gaugamela Oct 1, Alexander ends Achaemenid Dynasty and takes Persian Empire
Democritus, Greek philosopher, develops Atomic theory, believes cause and necessity, nothing comes out of nothing
Alexander conquers Samarkand
Alexander invades Northern India, but army is tired so doesn't pursue it
Alexander dies, his generals vie for power in Wars of the Diadochi Antigonus- Macedonia, Antipater- Macedonia, Seleucus- Babylonia and Syria, Ptolemy- Egypt, Eumenes- Macedonia, Lysimachus, later Antipaters son Cassander also vies for power
Menander, Greek playwright, wins Athenian prize
Euclid, Greek mathematician, publishes Elements, treating both geometry and number theory (see also Euclidean algorithm BC)
Athens falls to Demetrius, Lachares killed
Archimedes, Greek mathematician, develops screw, specific gravity, center of gravity; anticipates discoveries of integral calculus